As the pastry chef at Hazel & Rye, Emily Welk estimates that she creates roughly 80 French macarons each day that the downtown Canton casual eatery is open (weekdays, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.). Her most popular flavors are salted caramel, raspberry and birthday cake, which features cake inside the cookie.
Para M. Jones is a Stark County girl through and through. She was born here, attended college at the University of Mount Union and has spent most of her career living and working in a place she’s proud to call home.
Thomas E. Cecconi could be considered one of the lucky ones. He tried a job outside his college major and loved it so much that he’s still working in the same field 44 years later.
Allyson Bussey embraces the role of being Stark County’s cheerleader. As the president of Visit Canton, Bussey uses her energetic personality, her love of history, marketing and people, as well as her more than 15 years in the travel and tourism industry, to be Stark County’s megaphone for all places, people and attractions that lure tourists to visit Stark County and may encourage residents to explore more of their hometown.
Aubrey Helmuth Miller searched for years for a natural shampoo that actually cleaned and conditioned her brown locks and didn’t cost its weight in gold.
After more than 25 years in the corporate world, Melissa Stark decided to circle back to her roots.
For the past 21 years, Bob Fonte has watched the Stark County Park District bloom and grow. From a single mile of trail and 400 acres of land, the county park system now includes more than 90 miles of walking and biking trails, 38 miles of equestrian trails, 14 parks and 8,000 acres of land that touch nearly every part of the county.
Kathy Vogel greets Stark County listeners in the mornings on Mix 94.1, where she’s an on-air personality from 6 to 10 a.m. weekdays.
For nearly two decades, Betty Smith has used her myriad talents to make her adopted community of Canton a better place.
Dale Brown Sr. never got to see Santa as a kid. Growing up in the country, the closest he got was occasionally catching a glimpse of Santa walking around a store. But today, he is Santa—to his family, the children in his neighborhood and anyone who visits Carnation City Mall.
